Report: South Carolina assistant Bryan McClendon leaving for NFL
The staff exits continue at South Carolina.
According to Mike Gillespie of ABC Columbia, Gamecocks wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon is leaving to join the Pittsburgh Steelers staff. It’s hard to fault McClendon for looking for other jobs as he was demoted from his position as offensive coordinator after the 2019 season. Head coach Will Muschamp kept McClendon on staff as wide receivers coach, a position he has held since 2016. Former Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo is South Carolina’s new offensive coordinator.
McClendon played wide receiver at Georgia from 2002-05. After a brief stint with the Chicago Bears, McClendon ended his playing career and got into coaching. In 2007, McClendon started as a graduate assistant at his alma mater on Mark Richt’s staff. McClendon was promoted to running backs coach in 2009 and added the recruiting coordinator title in 2014. For the 2015 season, his last at Georgia, McClendon moved to wide receivers coach and also promoted to assistant head coach. McClendon was UGA’s interim head coach for the Bulldogs’ TaxSlayer Bowl win over Penn State after Richt’s departure.
McClendon is the third post-Signing Day departure from Muschamp’s Gamecocks staff. Defensive line coach John Scott Jr. left for Penn State and running backs coach Thomas Brown left for a position with the Los Angeles Rams.
Jumping ship before the ship sinks.
All news indicates that will Mustchamp will get fired in 2020. Nice buyout check.
You need to step up your troll game. Your comment history is pathetic.
They are all on the offense side. I wonder if Bobo is part of reason.
It was probably a courtesy to keep him on staff with how bad the offense became last year.
Defensive line is not part of the offense.
Seems likely that the hiring of Bobo and corresponding demotion was part of the reason, just like Monken was part of the reason Coley left UGA. Demoted coaches rarely linger.
I have question for anyone that follows Gamecock Football. It does seem that very few people want to work for (or) with Will Muschamp. Any ideas ?
Nope, doesn’t seem that way to me at all …business as usual in off-season coaching carousel – possibly an upgrade. Seems everyone was calling for coaches heads after 4-8, so now panic bc coaching changes, unexplained panic much ?
USC-1…..I guess when his team finished at 4 Wins & 8 Losses and he probably should have been fired(if not for that insane buyout)…Will’s trying to show the AD that he’s making changes & he better hope that the 2020 record is better than 4/8.
You posed a question, you have an answer.
I think I read something somewhere that said a good way to make yourself sound smarter is to answer your own questions lol
Will the last rat to jump ship and run from the dumpster fire of a program in Columbia please turn off the lights.
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